Good-bye Rory, Hello Rosie!!

Rory in the dog crate in the back of the car.  Good-bye, Rory, you handsome bird!

Well, today, we loaded up Rory to take him back to Stacks Chicken Farm.  They were very nice about trading out the rooster for a hen, although they did not have another Buff Orpington hen.

Todd Stacks said that he was hoping to use Rory for breeding, not eating.

Patty holding our new addition!  Welcome Rosie!!
She is a Cherry Egger, a little smaller and darker than Amelia at the moment.

 The other birds did pretty well with the slow introduction of a new bird.  We kept her in the crate and put the crate in the outside pen so the other birds could walk around her.  Once they went in to roost for the night, Rosie was allowed to move from the dog crate to the coop.  She had a bit of tough time finding a place to roost as first, but then she settled down.  I think she will do just fine.